Bibliography in Microsoft Word 2010

Solution 1:

In Microsoft Word 2010, Bibliography Styles are managed via XML template files.

It is not easy to change these files and you can damage your Bibliography function if you make a mistake.

1. Save your document and exit Word completely (File -> Exit)

2. Look for a template file with a name close to the Bibliography style you are using in the directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Bibliography\Style

3. Make a backup copy of that file and name it unsorted.xml

4. Open unsorted.xml in your favorite text editor

5. Remove the line that contains <sortkey> and </sortkey>

6. Search for the line that contains <stylename> and </stylename> and replace the style name between them with unsorted

7. Open your document in Word and return to each of your citations and change the style to unsorted

This article has information on how to update the template files but does not specifically address the sort-key. This article has information on sortkey in the comments.

Solution 2:

A kind programmer has written and released an open-source tool to manage Bibliography styles. It provides advanced formatting capabilities and automatic workarounds to overcome limitations in Word but it does not appear to provide an easy sort function.